G/TBT/N/BDI/257  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1286  
G/TBT/N/RWA/692  
G/TBT/N/TZA/811  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
23 September 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Drinking 
water (ICS code(s): 13.060.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 153: 
2022, Packaged drinking water — Specification  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for packaged drinking water for direct human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reduci ng trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ASTM D 3871 -84, Standard test methods for Purgeable organic compounds in 
water using headspace sampling  
2. ASTM D 5907 -13, Standard test methods for filterable matter (total dissolved 
solids) a nd non -filterable matter (total suspended solids) in water  
3. EAS 13, Packaged mineral water — Specification EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged 
foods — Specification EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
4. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  G/TBT/N/BDI/257, G/TBT/N/KEN/1286, G/TBT/N/RWA/692, G/TBT/N/TZA/811, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
 
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  5. ISO 6059, Water quality — Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium 
— EDTA titrimetric metho  
6. ISO 6222, Water quality — Enumeration of culturable microorganisms — Colony 
count by inoculation in nutrient agar  culture media  
7. ISO 6332, Water quality ━ Determination of iron -spectrometric method using 1, 
10-phenanthroline  
8. ISO 6333, Water quality ━ Determination of manganese — Formaldoxime 
spectrometric method  
9. ISO 6340, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of Salmonella  
10. ISO 6461 -1, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) ━ Part 1: Method by enrichment in a liquid 
medium  
11. ISO 6461 -2, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration  of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia) ━ Part 2: Method by membrane filtration  
12. ISO 6703, Water quality ━ Determination of cyanide  
13. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coa gulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) -- Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
14. ISO 7027, Water quality — Determination of turbidity  
15. ISO 7393, Water quality — Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine  
16. ISO 7887, Water quality — Examination and determination of colour  
17. ISO 7888, Water quality — Determination of electrical conductivity  
18. ISO 10523, Water quality ━ Determination of pH  
19. ISO 11423, Water quality — Determination of benzene and some derivatives  
20. ISO 12 020, Water quality ━ Determination of aluminium ━ Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods  
21. ISO 28540, Water quality -- Determination of 16 polycyclic aromatic 
hydrocarbons (PAH) in water -- Method using gas chromatography with mass 
spectrometric detection (G C-MS) 
22. ISO 14402, Water quality -- Determination of phenol index by flow analysis (FIA 
and CFA)  
23. ISO 15089, Water quality -- Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant treatment and pesticide agents  
24. ISO 16265, Water quality -- Deter mination of the methylene blue active 
substances (MBAS) index -- Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA)  
25. ISO 16266, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of pseudomonas 
aeruginosa ━ Method by membrane filtration  
26. ISO 22743, Water quality -- Determin ation of sulfates -- Method by continuous 
flow analysis (CFA)  
27. ISO 9308 (all parts), Water quality ---- Detection and enumeration of Escherichia 
coli and coliform bacteria  
28. ISO 6059, Water quality — Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium 
— EDTA ti trimetric method  
29. ISO 6461, Water quality ━ Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulphite 
reducing anaerobes (clostridia)  
30. ISO 7027, Water quality — Determination of turbidity  G/TBT/N/BDI/257, G/TBT/N/KEN/1286, G/TBT/N/RWA/692, G/TBT/N/TZA/811, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
 
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  31. ISO 7393, Water quality -- Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine  
32. ISO 7887, Water quality — Examination and determination of colour  
33. ISO 7888, Water quality — Determination of electrical conductivity  
34. ISO 7899 -2, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci 
— Part 2: Membrane filtration meth od 
35. ISO 7980, Water quality — Determination of calcium and magnesium — Atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
36. ISO 8165, Water quality — Determination of selected monovalent phenols  
37. ISO 8245, Water quality — Guidelines for the determination of total organic 
carbon (TOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC)  
38. ISO 8288, Water quality — Determination of cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium 
and lead -- Flame atomic absorption spectrometric methods  
39. ISO 9297, Water quality ━ Determination of chloride ━ Silver nitrate titration 
with chromate indicator (Mohr's method)  
40. ISO 9308 -1, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and 
coliform bacteria — Part 1: Membrane filtration method for waters with low 
bacterial background flora  
41. ISO 9308 -2, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and 
coliform bacteria — Part 2: Most probable number method  
42. ISO 9696, Water quality — Measurement of gross alpha activity in non -saline 
water -- Thick source method  
43. ISO 9697, Water quality — Measureme nt of gross beta activity in non -saline water 
-- Thick source method  
44. ISO 9964 (all parts), Water quality ━ Determination of sodium and potassium  
45. ISO 10301, Water quality — Determination of highly volatile halogenated 
hydrocarbons — Gas-chromatographic meth ods 
46. ISO 10304 -1, Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid 
chromatography of ions — Part 1: Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, 
nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulphate  
47. ISO 10359, Water quality — Determination of fluoride  
48. ISO 10 523, Water quality — Determination of pH  
49. ISO 11423, Water quality — Determination of benzene and some derivatives  
50. ISO 11732, Water quality — Determination of ammonium nitrogen — Method by 
flow analysis (CFA and FIA) and spectrometric detection  
51. ISO 11969, W ater quality — Determination of arsenic — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric method (hydride technique)  
52. ISO 12020, Water quality — Determination of aluminium — Atomic absorption 
spectrometric methods  
53. ISO 12846, Water quality — Determination of mercury — Metho d using atomic 
absorption spectrometry (AAS) with and without enrichment  
54. ISO 14402, Water quality — Determination of phenol index by flow analysis (FIA 
and CFA)  
55. ISO 15089, Water quality — Guidelines for selective immunoassays for the 
determination of plant  treatment and pesticide agents  
56. ISO 16265, Water quality — Determination of the methylene blue active 
substances (MBAS) index — Method using continuous flow analysis (CFA)  G/TBT/N/BDI/257, G/TBT/N/KEN/1286, G/TBT/N/RWA/692, G/TBT/N/TZA/811, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1662  
 
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  57. ISO 16266, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of pseudomonas 
aeruginosa — Method by membrane filtration  
58. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Shigella spp  
59. ISO 24153, Random sampling and randomization procedures  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determin ed 
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification; 60 days after circulation of the 
notification.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rs b.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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